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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1921
Page
1
Panama requests U S intervention to prevent bloodshed amid reports of Costa Rican troops entering Panamanian border areas near Coto Golfito and Colorado rivers. President Porras denies official convoy, cites two arbitration decisions, and protests the alleged invasion with public demonstrations.
Governor Hugh M Dor sey, President Matheson of Georgia Tech, and Victor Alten of Atlanta plan to speak in Thomasville in the Greater Georgia campaign. They will arrive from Valdosta on the Coast Line and address the Commercial Association at 11 30. The party tours south Georgia promoting the campaign.
Roby Robinson, head of Robinson-Humphrey and vice president of The Constitution Publishing Co., died at St. Joseph's infirmary at 1 a.m. Friday after an appendectomy and subsequent pneumonia. A 49 year old prominent civic and business figure, he helped promote Atlanta's growth and left a wife Eleanor Horne Robinson, two daughters Mrs Henry Tompkins and Mrs William Dickey Jr, a son Roby Robinson Jr, and a brother Hugh Robinson of New York.
State department officials in Washington say the dispute over Yap is not a bilateral US Japan issue but a question of the mandate’s allocation by the administering powers. They note the American stance on the Yap mandate and praise the Paris council summary as broadly correct though lacking in detail.
City bond drive chair Frank Inman explains the bond commission’s powers and its role in spending the $8,850,000 Atlanta bond proceeds. He counters claims of a “gentlemen’s agreement” and warns against creating an uncontrolled, super-government commission answerable only to the legislature.
Washington February 24 Conferees smoothing differences in the Fordney emergency tariff bills agree on sugar duties and the overall tariff rates. The conference panel rewrites the sugar levy to about 1.60 dollars per hundred pounds, with no tariff on hides. Hides and feather products were barred from tariff increases. Some provisions on rice and tobacco were altered, and the bill returns to the House for final action with possible early consideration to override a veto.
Washington February 24 Solicitor General Frierson and counsel for the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta urged the Supreme Court to advance for early hearing the par collection case brought by fourteen Georgia banks. The banks seek an injunction restraining Fed Reserve banks and officials from collecting checks at par nationwide. The argument emphasized public interest and the cost savings to the public under the par clearance system.
Governor-elect Thomas W Hardwick says Georgia finances are sounder than any other state and backs this with the $6,000,000 bonded debt and $16,000,000 revenue property Western and Atlantic railroad. He urges economy retrenchment tax reform leaning toward income tax only if needed and favors taxing invisible property over incomes. He warns deflation temporary but urges cutting expenditures and veto power to halt unauthorized appropriations.
Mexico City February 24 A strike on all government controlled railroads has been called for tomorrow morning by the Confederation of Railroad workers claiming over 200000 members. Francisco Perez national director of railroads says he has strikebreakers to keep traffic moving. Washington February 24 The general Mexican National railroad strike set for tomorrow midnight is viewed as a test for Obregon's government with possible brief duration. American consul at Laredo Dolph Robertson says more than 10000 men have applied as strike breakers. The workers demand higher pay and changed hours and conditions on government lines.
Washington notes to the council of nations request a reopening of Yap’s mandate. Secretary Colby says the Japanese mandate text is incorrect and the United States did not consent to Yap’s inclusion. He recalls Wilson’s reservations and stresses Yap as essential for Pacific cable plans and American interests. Continued on Page 4.
Prohibition agents in New York on February 24, 1924, charged a saloon keeper for violations of the Volstead Act. The case describes agents using what are described as dummies to enforce penalties, with details on plea and sentencing processes and the saloon keeper’s actions during the arrest.
Herbert Hoover telephoned President-Elect Harding to accept the cabinet post of secretary of commerce and to continue directing European relief policies. He proposed a broader reconstruction of the department, while noting he cannot abandon relief work or trustee duties, and said no special legislation is immediately required.
Atlanta readies for a high school student march through downtown at 11 oclock to back an 8.85 million bond issue for city improvements. Fulton High Boys High and Tech High students bearing banners will lead a parade amid rallies and meetings that energize supporters.
Preston Arkwright of Atlanta Gas Light defends price increases and full gas supply, says East Point may cut mains and shift to wood and kerosene if rates stay high. He claims radical leaders inflame dispute, asserts customers may resist but gas will be produced to meet patrons’ needs, likely soon.
Rome Georgia February 24 Special. A Rome woman attorney, Stella Alien, admitted to practice in the Federal court in Savannah by Judge Beverly D Evans, is challenged by supporters of Mary Campbell Johnson of Rome who was admitted on November 1 and is noted as the first woman attorney in Georgia to be admitted to federal court.
Unsettled conditions persist with possible rain in the north and northwest Friday, spreading to the south Friday night. Saturday is forecast to be fair.
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